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TOKYO: State-run Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) said on Thursday it had bought liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Itochu Corp to store in its national reserves . JOGMEC on Tuesday bought 22,000 tonnes of propane for the stockpiling base in Kurashiki in Okayama prefecture, for delivery until Aug. 12. JOGMEC said in a statement on Thursday it would not disclose the price. JOGMEC last month bought 44,000 tonnes of LPG for Namikata national LPG stockpiling base in Ehime prefecture.

SYDNEY: Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Thursday cut its full-year guidance for iron ore shipments after poor weather hit its operations in the first half of the year. The mining giant said it now expects to ship around 340 million tonnes during the 2015 calendar year after unseasonal weather, including two cyclones, in Western Australia reduced capacity at its Pilbara operations by seven million tonnes. It had previously forecast annual shipments of around 350 million tonnes.

NEW DELHI: State-run GAIL (India) Ltd has invited bids to sell 0.37 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually for 20 years, two sources said on Thursday. GAIL is seeking to sell about six cargoes on a free-on-board basis from its stake in US-based Cheniere Energy , which owns Sabine Pass Liquefaction terminal, they said. The last date for submission of bids is July 31 and GAIL hopes to supply LNG from Train 4 of Sabine Pass Liquefaction terminal from March 2018, they said.

NEW DELHI: State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd has sold overseas two million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) it had contracted from the US, its Chairman B C Tripathi said today. Out of the two million tonnes of LNG, one million tonne has been sold to Royal Dutch Shell. Tripathi refused to give details of other buyers. GAIL has signed a contract to buy 3.5 million tonnes of LNG per year for 20 years from the US-based Cheniere Energy and has also booked capacity for another 2.3 million tonnes per annum at Dominion Energy's Cove Point liquefaction plant.

NEW DELHI: The government's wheat procurement in the 2015-16 marketing season has surpassed last year's level of 28 million tonnes. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) had set the wheat procurement target of 30 million tonnes for this season. Wheat procurement begins from April. "Wheat procurement by government agencies during current marketing season has crossed the last year mark. As on July 13, a total of 28.08 million tonnes have been procured in various growing states," the Food Ministry said in release.

NEW DELHI: India's urea imports from Iran jumped more than nine-fold to 5.72 lakh tonnes (LT) in the first quarter of 2015-16 in anticipation of a diplomatic deal on the country's disputed nuclear programme. India had imported a mere 0.61 lakh tonnes of the fertiliser from Iran in the year-ago period. Iran and six major world powers today reached an agreement, bringing to an end more than a decade of tumultuous negotiations. The pricing played its part too. India shipped in urea from Iran through two different tenders this year.

BEIJING: China imported 163 million tonnes of crude oil in the first six months of the year, up 7.5 per cent compared with the same period of 2014, preliminary data from the country's customs authority showed on Monday. Imports of soybeans in the first half of the year reached 35.16 million tonnes, up 2.8 per cent year on year, according to a statement released by the General Administration of Customs. Monthly breakdowns for crude oil, soybeans, iron ore and coal will be released later on Monday.

SEOUL: Korea Western Power Co Ltd (WP) is seeking 640,000 tonnes of steaming coal per year from October 2015 to September 2020 via a term tender, the utility said on its website. The tender for steaming coal with a minimum net calorific value of 5,200kcal/kg will close at 11 a.m. (0200 GMT) on July 21. The shipping schedule at the loading port during the first contract year is 320,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2015 and the remaining 320,000 tonnes in the first three quarters of 2016.

BEIJING: China's June crude oil imports rose 27 per cent on year, customs data showed on Monday, putting the world's second largest economy into contention again for topping the United States as the biggest buyer of the commodity on international markets. China imported 29.49 million tonnes, or 7.176 million barrels per day (bpd) in June, data from the General Administration of Customs showed, up 31 per cent from a 19-month low in May as demand remains strong amid weak global oil prices.

NEW DELHI: Import of thermal coal jumped 23 per cent to 24.08 million tonnes at 12 major ports in the first quarter of the fiscal, even as the government continues to push for boosting domestic production of the fuel. Handling of coking coal, which is used mainly for steel-making, however remained nearly stagnant with less than 1 per cent increase in the period at 8.17 MT, according to the Indian Ports Association ( IPA ). These 12 major ports had handled 19.62 MT and 8.10 MT of thermal and coking coal, respectively, in the first quarter of the previous fiscal.